The Bank of England is one of the few central banks to have conducted climate stress tests, alongside the European Central Bank and Banque de France.
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 06:37am 5th Dec 2025
Where is growth in the Budget?
Rachel Reeves and the government have missed a real opportunity to put our country on a growth trajectory in this Budget.
Why Britain’s middle class feels squeezed
- 04 Dec 2025
Rachel Reeves has pulled a staggering £66bn from the UK economy: £40bn in the October 2024 Budget, largely from businesses, and another £26bn in the November 2025 Budget, hitting workers, the wealthy and businesses to fund higher welfare spending...
High wholesale prices have led to a surge in energy costs for consumers and businesses across Europe, but the pressures faced by UK consumers have been particularly acute. Energy suppliers complain that they, too, have been hit by this year’s...
British real estate portal Zoopla said that after skyrocketing, the house prices have started to slow down. Data from the property portal showed that average house prices in April hit £250,200, marking an annual inflation rate of 8.4% compared...
The proposals by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) would mean scrapping the current two-tier system, where firms decide whether to follow looser rules of a so-called standard listing, or the more rigorous standards of a premium listing....
The consumer prices index rose by 9 per cent in the 12 months to April, meaning that welfare recipients and pensioners face a real-terms cut this year after their payments increased by only 3.1 per cent. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, said the...
The British health and beauty chain has been put up for sale by Walgreens Boots Alliance after the US parent indicated that it wanted to focus on the American...
British consumer electronics giant Dyson will make new investments in India as the company saw surge in its home care products such as vacuum cleaners,...
Campaigners and Labour called on the Government to do more to nail the fraudsters who fraudulently claimed money through Covid financial schemes.
The department for work and pensions (DWP) has shared details of a new £613 million plan to stop an estimated £4 billion from being lost in fraud and error over the next five years. The ‘Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System’ plan outlines how...
Under present plans, English and Welsh graduates who took out a student loan after 2012, and earn more than £49,130 a year, face the 12% maximum income rate. That is because the rate is linked to the current RPI inflation rate. Their current...
